Passage: First, the scientists gathered data from the experiment. Next, they analyzed the results. Then, they formed a hypothesis. Finally, they published their findings. Question: Complete the following sentence with the given options that accurately reflect the sequence of events in the passage. After analyzing the results, the scientists ___________ and then ___________. (a) Gathered data (b) Formed a hypothesis (c) Published their findings (d) Ignored the data
(b) and (c)
A sequence question is solved by following the signal words of the passage: First, Next, Then and Finally.
Step 1 — First the scientists gathered data, and Next they analyzed the results. The sentence starts after the analysis, so the step that follows is the one introduced by ‘Then’: they formed a hypothesis.
Step 2 — The last step, introduced by ‘Finally’, is that they published their findings. So the two blanks take formed a hypothesis and published their findings, in that order.
Gathered data happened before the analysis, so it cannot follow it; ignored the data is never mentioned in the passage. Every pair containing either of these, or putting publishing before the hypothesis, breaks the sequence.
(b) and (c) option is correct.
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